A Police Shooting: What Would YOU Do?

One day in the life of a city in the Midwest, a young man was shot. Throughout the years, this…

Police Leaders — Speak Out!

Shortly before I retired, I remember discussing the racial disparity in arrests we were experiencing with my assistant, Noble Wray…

I just received this note from Chief Mike Masterson of Boise. It is a positive direction that many cities can…

Towards the end of my police career, and a couple of years before my retirement, one thing continued to worry…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted…

This is blog number 100! Since I began this journey of “getting the word out” about how police can and…

Maybe we all need to take a deep breath and step back from the conflict between “liberals” and “gun righters.”…

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: CONTROLLING FIREARMS I have restrained myself from commenting on the Newtown tragedy until I have had some…

Just Because We Can, Should We? The Legal-Moral Balance of Policing An all too familiar story from one of our…

In the 1980s, the Madison (Wisc.) Police Department moved forward with a new leadership style replacing the old, military-based, coercive…